My research interests lie at the intersection of labor economics, regional economics, and economic geography. I am specifically interested on labor mobility and its consequences for job matching, knowledge spillovers, and regional development. I am also interested in entrepreneurship and innovation as well as their spatial dimensions.
This project analyzes labor mobility in the Swedish labor market. Since individuals are mostly mobile within their local labor markets, it is essential to consider the characteristics of regional economies to understand the mobility of labor. The project combines insights from labor economics, regional economics, and economic geography,
Segregation typically refers to the clustering of certain groups in residential areas, schools, or workplaces. But segregation is intimately related to how people interact with one another. This project thus considers segregation from the angle: access to urban amenities that promote social interactions, and their effect on integration.
